Starting the Administration Console
Using the Administration Console
Adding Applications to Webtops
Creating and Assigning an Application Object
How to Create an Application Server Object
How to Create an Application Object
How to Assign an Application Object
How to Shadow a User's Application Session
Controlling the SGD Enhancement Module
Controlling the SGD Enhancement Module for Microsoft Windows
Controlling the SGD Enhancement Module for UNIX and Linux Platforms
This section describes how to use the Administration Console to create an SGD user. You do this by creating a user profile object. A user profile is used to control a user’s SGD settings, such as whether they can log in to SGD and the applications that they can run. This section also describes how to make a user an SGD Administrator.
Tip - You can configure SGD to use a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory for obtaining information about users. If you configure SGD for LDAP integration, you do not have to create user profiles. The Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide has details of how to configure SGD for LDAP integration.
In the Administration Console, the User Profiles tab is where you create and
manage user profiles. See The User Profiles Tab.
By default, this tab contains two “top-level” objects, a Directory object called organization (o=organization on the command line) and a Directory (light) object called com (dc=com on the command line). You can rename or delete these objects, or create new top-level objects. You create all the objects you need for managing users within these top-level object types.
You can use other Directory objects to subdivide your organization. For example, you might want to use a Directory (organizational unit) for each department in your organization.
In this section, you learn how to create a user profile for yourself, and how to make yourself an SGD Administrator. SGD Administrators always have a user profile. Only SGD Administrators can create user profiles.
Users who occupy the Global Administrators role are SGD Administrators. SGD Administrators can configure SGD using any of the SGD administration tools. Users who do not occupy the Global Administrators role have no administration privileges.
The Global Administrators role is an object in the System Objects organization on the User Profiles tab. The Global Administrators role object is used to assign users administrative privileges and to give them access to the administration tools.
After following these procedures, you can log in to SGD using your UNIX or Linux system user name and password, and run the Administration Console.
You can also use the tarantella object new_person command to create a user profile, and the tarantella role add_member command to add an SGD Administrator.
Use the navigation tree to select the organization object, as shown in The Organization Object Selected.
You can move your user profile to a different location later if needed.
The Create a New Object window is displayed.
For example, John Doe.
The Create a New Object window closes and the content area is updated
with the new object. See A Newly-Created User Profile.
The General tab for the user profile is displayed in Object View. See
The General Tab for a User Profile.
For example, Doe.
This ensures that you can log in to SGD.
For example, jdoe.
This attribute can be used to identify and authenticate users.
For example, john.doe@example.com.
This attribute can be used to identify and authenticate users.
The System Objects table is displayed in the content area, as shown in
The System Objects Table.
The Members tab is displayed in Object View, as shown in The Members Tab.
The Add User Assignment window is displayed. See The Add User Assignment Window.
Use the Search field to find your user profile, or browse the navigation tree.
The Members tab is displayed and your user profile is listed in the
Editable Members table. See Updated Members Tab.